iZombie – Season 2
Where Did We Leave Off: Liv and the gang managed to track the zombie virus to the Max Rager Corporation and its CEO Vaughn du Clark, who, of course, denied all knowledge that their energy drink creates the living dead. Ravi, meanwhile, created a cure to the zombie virus, and offered it to Liv, but she ended up giving half to bad guy Blaine and the other half to her ex-finance Major, who had become infected by Liv in order to save his life after he was stabbed in the chest by Blaine. As a consequence, Major now knows that Liv’s a zombie.
What’s New: Liv’s best friend and roommate Peyton will be back; presumably wherever she was she has made peace with the idea that Liv is a zombie. Speaking of zombies, both Blaine and Major will be dealing with the side effects of the cure, and Major will also be left dealing with Liv and Ravi’s dishonesty, keeping him in the dark about what happened to Liv all along. Meanwhile, du Clark and Max Rager and their evil machinations will be further explored, and Blaine’s father, to be played by Prison Break’s Robert Knepper, will arrive in town at some point.
What to Expect: Very much like Rob Thomas’ last detective theme CW drama (that would be Veronica Mars), iZombie has a small, but very enthusiastic fanbase. The show held up fairly well ratings-wise as the lead-out of The Flash, and managed to keep the vast majority of its audience even after Flash ended its first season run. Still, the show was only renewed for 13 episodes, which may not be all bad, and could allow Thomas and team to keep the pace and the intricacy they’ve given the series without having to pad the story, which was occasionally a problem in Mars’ first and second season.
Premiere Date: Tuesday October 6, 2015 at 9 pm on The CW.